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Count sports Worrod paces By BILL CURRAN The return to batting form by veteran shortstop Kerry Worrod has been one of the key factors in the marked im provement of Tottenham Bears of the South Simeoe baseball league Another is the fine pitching of Ed Mason and former Beeton twirler Jim Robinson Our team is really starting to come along said an en thused Ken McCullough coach of the pesky Bears cautious ly predicting the club should make the playoffs if this im provement continues If we do that we might just surprise the oppisition he went on then after moments thought added the comment lot depends on the breaks But our players are determin ed to give it good try Leading hitter in the league few seasons back Woorod got off to slow start at the plate this season then regained some of his oldtime form in blasting four home runs in six games including distant homer when the Bears downed the Majors at rillia to 61ast weekend He has been big help the Tottenham pilot said with obvious enthusiasm in referring to the slugging of his play ing assistant coach knee injury which placed outfielder Mike Doer in Stevenson Hospital at Alliston handicapped the team when he was missing from the lineup But other players have been coming along and filled the gap noted McCullough Jim and Dan Doyle are two valuable members of the team who usually play in the outfield although Jim also takes turn on the mound when needed Dan has been hitting and fielding well since returning to action after an appendix operation Another member of the family Frank Doyle who used to play in the outfield as well is now working in Toronto Tom ilurst and Pat Leary are two other versatile per formers who share in pitching duties as well as playing other positions smooth fielder as well as sharp hitter Worrod is an important cog in the infield at shortstop Paul Feehely at first Brian Banks at second and Roy Chapman at third all have been playing good baseball along with Dennis Pendlebury who has been hitting well Tom McCullough is the dependable catcher and Gerald Lynch is another capable outfielder Red Sox to play at Tottenham Barrie Red Sox will have chance of testing the improveL ment of the Bears when they visit Tottenham for schedul ed league game at the Joe street park this Saturday even ing The leading rillia Majors who have been setback cou ple of times recently are due to travel to Collingwood to meet the Cavemen in the only other league game scheduled forthisevening lhree contests are billed for tomorrow afternoon Newmarkct will be the opposition for the Red Sox here in Barrie with Collingwood playing the Majors back at Orillia Bob Doners Alliston Tanucks will be taking on Orillias ltiiiior Pontiacs at Riverdale park diamond The schedule continues until Tuesday August with rillia Majors winding up at Barrie and rillia Juniors at Alliston llans then call for few days allowance to cover postpon wi games pertinent to the final standing before the six leading teams start in playoffs to decide the 1977 champion ship New Lowell Knights lead league Baseball fans at New Lowell have been having an in terest mg season following the progress of their Knights The team is holding lofty position with the best record in the club DufferinSimcoe ball loop Currently the Knights are leading the fiveteam north section with second place Lisle their only challenger Clarksburg Honneywood and the trailing llorning Mills squad are all well back There is merry race in the south section where the teams are in merry batttle The defending champion Mansfield team Alliston Shelburne Elmgrove Ivy and Everett all still have chance to take the ultimate honors Players wellknown in the South Simcoe circuit have been starring for the New Lowell leaders Jim Halliday is generally considered the pitching ace of the club but other moundsmen including Wayne Rowe have come up with fine efforts lop sluggcrs who have helped the Knights materially in clude Patti Walker Bill Patton and Ron Hubberts Roy Walker and Elwin Lightheart also have been coming through with nteded hits at opportune times Allan Elliott has been blasting some long clouts for Ivys DutfcrinSimcoe team as well as helping out the Leafs behind the bat and at the plate Shanty Bay Golf activity Billed as monkey golf toumament lady golfers at Shan tv Bay will be trying their skill in making the course with one golt clttb in special contest on Tuesday July 12 President lat Mossop and colleagues also have drawn at tention to the coming Shanty Bay ladics invitational touma iiiciil which has been arranged for Thursday August 11 with registrations now being accepted Sue Major is games captain and Ivy McWaters assistant in the mens section the main current interest is centred on the local championship play mixed twoball foursome was scheduled for today and twilight golf resumes next lhursday Annual barbecue and com roast to follow twoball four some in the business girls sections has been set for Wednes day August 31 improved Bears mam HI IA ACIIING BACK lwelvc year old Jennie lort one of the top gymnastics day camp balances on the top bar of the uneven bars The camp runs dail during the week from tl0 to pm and is open to all comers The cost for two wick session is $20 and some activities taught arc beginners tennis aultiug the tiampoliiic the balance hcaiii the rings basketball and volle hall tlaiiiiiicr lhoto Forest Hill gymnastics school offering service to community By SCOTT llASKlNS Examiner Sports rilei Forest Hill Public School in Midliurst is sponsoring gym nastics day camp which is open tochildrcn aged 310 14 George Cooper principal of the School and coordinator of the progam said lhursday that the response to the program has been great and that there is still lots of openings for the three remaining programs It really isnt program to develop top level gymnasts he said but rather to provide useful service to the com munity and to provide summer employment for instructors There are three full time In structors involved in the pro gram which runs daily throughout the week from 030 am tol0pm The staff includes Cynthia tooper student at Brigham Young lniversity in the hind States Vindy Fort the coach of the Barrie gymnastic club and Steve Finch Grade 13 student at Barrie cntral Collegiate who has spent five years with the schools gymnastics team They are really good stall and are doing great job with the kids in the course Cooper said The course is now in its first session but there are still three two week sessions available at cost of $20 per session The course is open primari ly to Vespra students first btit we will take people from all over the County he sid We have kids coming from as far away as rillia to attend the classes and so far its been real success We have all thc best equip ment here and in lot of cases are better equipped than lot ol high schools in the area The course is divided into four different catagories depen ding on the level of skill ol the person Courses include modern dance beginner tennis volleyball basketball tram poline vaulting the high bar Lodies softball league IVY prOfHS from fWO Wins to move up league standings has two teams on top pair of wins this week by West Bend has shoved them in to first place he with the Peter Beino Hustlers in the Barrie and District Ladies Soft ball League oth clttbs have 20 pomts with AeSl Bend haying played three more games then the llustlers by is tout points off the pace with and Super Discount and Queens Hotel currently 12 sharing tworway tie at pointscncli 7p Spin in ionic ltaceway tip in thillia at Sault St Marie In CHO lll11llll li0 lll lllll pm sports calendar BASEBALL Barrie at lot tenliam tSouth Simcoc SOFTBALL Elmvalc thurch vs Elmvalc tSenior Icagueiat lidgar no Ladies League tournament tall day SOCCER liastvicw cwmarkct vs Banic Blues HARNESS RACING SIOtK AB RACING Barrie Speedway Sunset Speedway ittTBLl SlNlAY BASEBALL Fair Grounds Newmarket vs Red Sox South Sim IASTBALL Queens Park Barrie oOp vs larkson Hotel 830 let erRei no Sports vs Starr Electric tlntermediate lacMorristui lark Simcoe Hotel vs Firefighters Georgian Sports vs anplas Recreation Divi SOFTBALL At lldgar tiro Ladies tournament championship game at Corah is still looking for its first win of the season Standings in the Barrie and District Ladies Softball League after games Friday Pts PeterReino 10 20 West Bend 10 20 Ivy 16 and 12 Queens Barrie Glass lnnisfil Corah Ivy Leafs took two game this week in play of the South Sun 600 Baseball League including 62 win over Newinarkct Fri day to move into second place Ivy club has 20 points Alliston 19 according to the latest results made available to The Examiner rillia Majors still hold down first place with 23 points Alliston lost chance to ad vance up the ladder when they lost to Newmarkct Tuesday EH Leafs waited until the sixth inning to break open Ball deadlock with Newmarket at the Ivy ball park Friday Righthander Don McMaster pitched until the sixth tor ivy when Gerry Falls took over Leafs have busy schedule Sunday starting with in game in Tottenham then retur ning to Ivy to meet league leading Majors in 630 in game Meanwhile the Barrie Red Sox currently tied with Tot tenham are in Tottenham tonight to meet the Bears in pmgame The Red Sox return to the Barrie Fair Grounds Sunday to meet Newmarket at pm in other games Sunday the tirillia Juniors are at Alliston with Collingwood playing in rillia against the Majors ST11s lts iiillia Ii It by ti ti lliston ti In tolliiigwoml ti 13 Tottenham ll Barrie ti Newinarket it 11 rillia in it First place is on line in tyke division ploy lall Trees Campground and McDonalds were to meet today to determine first place of the Barrie Minor Baseball Leagues tyke division lall lrees whipped VALA Contracting 2013 Friday to boost its record to seven wins and one loss the same as iclonalds raig lcrry was the winning pitcher for Tall Trees which jumped into tit lead after the first llllllllg WIN FUR KIHKS Kirks Kids nipped Simcoe Datsun 08 in recent tvke divi si on contest in the Banie Minor Baseball League James Dewar was the Willllr ing pitcher for Kirks Kids and struck out 13 batters Steve uculick struck out nine bat ters for Simcoe and was the los ing pitcher Shane Hodgson had the big blow for Kirks Kids three run home run in the fourth uculick smashed home run in the fifth inning for Sinicoc Datsun The win evened Kirks Kids record at four wins and fottr defeats Webb Builders win 228 in girls Webb Builders picked tip their third straight win in the senior division of the Barrie and District Girls Softball League Wednesday by heat ing lainswick Aluminum 1278 Brenda Webb led the winners at the plate with five hits in six softball trips including home run Kelly loles Kelly oylc and Sheryl Iliorpe picked up four hits Webb Builders smashed out io hits in the game and lainswtck managed oiily lit Thorpe picked up the pitching vict ory for Webb Builders bars and the uneven triimbling beam want to encourage gymv nastics at the public school level because if they dont start then they dont have proper chance ooper said If they wait until they get to high school it is usually too late lost of the top gymnasts in the world ttllga Korbut oi the Soviet him and Nadie Com meneci of Romaniai are young girls who started at very young age The program is financed by the Ministry of Culture and Recreation who put up $2000 towards paying the wages and is also financed by the registra tion lecof $120 It certainly isnt money making project he said We will probably break about even but that okay if the kids learn something and have good time Gymnastics is one of the main courses at the Forest Hill school We started having night course for gymnastics last winter and it was such suc cess thought we should have something during the summer iiioiit hs as well hesaid Four years ago we had county meet and there were on ly four schools in it and this past season there were 14 schools thmuglitout the county taking part All of our teachers here at the school are involved during the winter with the program and that speaks highly of the in terest generated There are 120 children enroll ed in the course so far and ooper attributes some of the success to the 1976 Summer tllympics in Montreal Theres no doubt that the Olympics focused some atten tion on the sport he said It is just great sport for kids because it is individual and most kids can do at least some of thethings The program may not be set up to produce top level gym nasts but with the effort put forth by some of the young competitors during visit on Thursday is any indication anything is possible The big problem with gym nastics is the time Cooper said There just isnt enough time for mest of the kids to pro gress We try and give in dividual coaching if the child shows certain degree of skill on the apparatus but as said before that isnt our aim For more information on the course contact George Cooper at the Forest Hill Public School between 030 um and 330 pm the rings the balance spo Giffen challenges Georgian for lead Greg Giffen struck out 13 to contain Canadian Forces Base Borden to three hits in posting TI win for Giffen Farm Equip ment Friday The game was one of tWo played at MacMorrison Park in the Recreation Divisiion of the Barrie City Fastball League The win moved Giffen within one point of frontrunning Georgian Sports Giffen got all the runs they needed in the first inning when they scored four times on three hits Gary McLean Scott Brown and Brian Giffen delivered the base hi ts produce the runs CFB Borden got on the score Molsons iust misses in bid for first win Wins are hard to come by for Molsons but ties are starting to be way of life for the Recre tion Division team Friday they picked up their third tie of the season by holding anplas to 77 deadlock Canplas got on the score board first In the second inning Warner Kaul led off with dou ble and scored on single by Dave Bell Chirs Garret drove in Bell with the second rim of theinning the examiner Saturday July 1977 15 board in the third inning when Ernie Lundell singled and later scored Giffen pulled away again in the fourth with two runs on four hits Greg Giffen produced the big blow of the inning when he hit twoout double to score Danny Brecdon and Bob Thompson Brian Giffen got the final run of the game in the fifth inning He smashed triple and scored on base hit by Brown Frank Cameron was the los ingpicther giving up 12hits Heading into the final month of the regular schedule in the Recreation Division of the Bar rie City Fastball League Canplas added four more runs in the third inning on base hits by Steve Kanpp Kaul and Garret Bell delivered the big blast of the inning threerun triple and then scored on Gar ret hit Molsons started their conr eback in the bottom of the third inning with three runs Bill Denise smashed triple and Gary Voison picked up base hit in the uprising Kaul got his third hit of the Intermediate Division Hustlers lead is shrinking at top of Intermediate loop Mr Transmission came within one hit of upsetting leagueleading leteriieino Hustlers in one of two intermediate Division fastball games Friday Hustlers held off late rally by Mr lransmission thanks to runscoring single by Tom Micks in the eighth inning which tied the game 44 In other play at Queens Park Barrie Floor and Wall closed the gap on the Hustlers with PM win over Starr Elec tric Both Pcterlteino and Mr Iransmission used big inning to keep the game unsettled Hustlers struck for three runs in the first inning with Mr coming back with one in the sixth then threerun rally in the seventh Bandy Carson singled in the first PeterReino run with Micks doubling off Kevin Mackin for two additional runs in the first inning Steve Micks scattered three hits harmlesst until Mackin led off the sixth with base hit Ron Giffen advanced the run ner with his sacrifice and James McNabb cracked dou ble for the first run by Mr Al Aistrop continues to swing dependable bat for the Barrie oOp Fastball leagues Intermediate Division CoOp droppe win Friday by Barrie Floor and Wall which move grouping following point lead er oOp The Transmission Mr Transmission took full advantage of tworun error in the seventh backed by Ed Wilsons double anti base hit by Larry Giffen to move into 4ilead Glen Richardson singled in the eighth ativanccd on pass ed ball and scored the tying run for he Hustlers on Micks singlehis third hit of the game Mackin went the full nine innings of the rescheduled game He gave up 11 hits Mr lramsmission managed six hits off Micks and one off Dave Doucette who took over in the eighth inning LUSES GAP Barrie Floor and Wall has become power to reckon with in the Barrie City Fastball League Bill llankin went the distance in the seveninning game for the win whiched moved Floor and Wall within three games of PeterReine He gave up five hits while retiring three on strikeouts The big inning for Barrie Floor and Wall was the first when pair of hits helped plate three runs An error helped Georgian and Giffen Farm Equipment have emerged as the powcis of the league At the other end of the scale Molsons is having trouble com ing upwith wins and have only three ties to show for their cf forts STANDINGS 15 Georgian 10 21 Giffen ti 12 20 Simcoe Hotel 14 Itirefighters ti 14 CFB Borden 1i 11 Cliftonliotcl 10 Tanplas 10 Molsons 10 night for tanplas in the fifth in ning when he drove oneout home run over the fence Molsons tied the score in the bottom of the inning on the strength of Joe Losbinger home run and run scoring base hit by Terry llaclsac lmbsinger handled the pit cliing duties for Molsons but ogt relief help from Kaul in the fifth inning Greg Osboni pitchr ed lor aiiplas and allowed nine hits Starr send run home in the se cond inning bitt Barrie Floor and Wall came right back with John Gibbons scoring run on his sacrifice Dan Birch opened the third for Floor and Wall with his 51 cond straight off Starr hurler Dan Duffy lerry FergUson singled with two out to score what stood as the final run by Barrie Floor and Wall Starr added run in the fourth off double by Duffy and final run in the fifth with Pete lartridge supplying the needed two base hit Ted Can led the Starr hitters with two of the six hits off llankin Dan Birch had two base hits for Barrie Floor and Wall including runscoring single in the first inning STANDINGS Ms Hustlers 2t Fl and WI 14 Cp It Pools 10 Mr 10 Stan Optimist 1i Clarkson to third club of the Barrie City place in the eightteam the club into one Intermediate Division took advantage of free night Friday to work in two cancellations Examiner Photo